When a PDF pales by comparison -- literally

Submitted by mara06 on Tue, 2008-05-20 02:15.

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I've been working on a layout in Quark that looks just smashing until I save it as a PDF. No matter what the resolution, the image just pales down something awful. I've encountered this phenomenon before. It's inconsistent and I can't pin down what the culprit might be. Any experience with this/ideas? It makes me nervous that the proof I get from the printer will look like my PDF. On this job, there isn't a minute left for squirming around post-proof issues.

oh wow...

Submitted by caoimghgin on Tue, 2008-05-20 02:34.

Can you email me what you have? Collect for output and the PDF? There are so many questions I hardly know where to start. First suspicion is an RGB file placed in Quark, but that seems too simple.

Ohmygod

Submitted by mara06 on Tue, 2008-05-20 02:40.

I'm so glad I checked: you're right. RGB instead of CMYK. I can't believe I made such a STOOPID mistake! Here, have a nice chocolate chip cookie, fresh out of the oven....

Well, we can dream, can't we?

Love you MADLY!!!

:-)

Mara